Lexical Summary Theophilos: "friend of God", Theophilus, the addressee of Luke and Acts Original Word: ΘεόφιλοςTransliteration: Theophilos Phonetic Spelling: (theh-of'-il-os) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: "friend of God", Theophilus, the addressee of Luke and Acts Meaning: Theophilus -- "friend of God", the addressee of Luke and Acts Strong's Concordance Theophilus. From theos and philos; friend of God; Theophilus, a Christian -- Theophilus. see GREEK theos see GREEK philos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2321: ΘεόφιλοςΘεόφιλος, Θεοφιλου (Θεός and φίλος), Theophilus, a Christian to whom Luke inscribed his Gospel and Acts of the Apostles: Luke 1:3; Acts 1:1. The conjectures concerning his family, rank, nationality, are reviewed by (among others) Winer's RWB, under the word; Bleek on Luke 1:3; (B. D., under the word); see also under κράτιστος. |
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